Backflip record broken by cheerleader

An American cheerleader breaks the world record for greatest number of
consecutive back flips with a very dizzy 40 handsprings.

11:52AM BST 04 Oct 2013

Cheerleader Marie Klein from Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio flipped into the record books by handspringing forty times across her school football field.

Starting at one goalpost, Klein performed 59 metres of back handsprings to the opposite 35-yard (32 metres) line, raising a roar of support from the crowd who were gathered for a sold-out football game against St Vincent-St Mary High School.

Marie Klein's performance on September 6 was witnessed by a Guinness World Record official who confirmed she had broken the previous world record of 36 consecutive backflips set last year.